Investment Risk Analyst

Responsibilities

• Assist senior risk managers to measure, monitor, analyze, and manage investment risk across Columbia Threadneedle's collection of funds
• Engage with senior risk managers and the investment teams to understand their investment processes and the underlying investment risks
• Review risk reports, communicate findings and raise observations to senior risk managers and business leaders
• Research and investigate ad-hoc risk issues as necessary
• Assist senior team members to analyze portfolio holdings and risk measures in order to measure, monitor, and manage investment risk
• Run processes for gathering fund risk data and generating risk reports for portfolios
• Maintain and improve risk data reporting solutions and creation of visualizations/reports to help run the investment risk process

• Degree in a quantitative field such as Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics or other relevant area of study
• Programming/coding experience with Python (or similar) and Snowflake/SQL
• Knowledge of financial market instruments including options and derivatives
• Professional and/or educational experience in risk management, investments, and/or finance
• Excellent analytical capabilities and ability to understand quantitative models
• Good general understanding of investment management and financial risk management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to handle several tasks, prioritize effectively, meet goals and deliver high quality, accurate work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to maintain good relationships with business partners